THE KANSAS PEACH. I 



cold does no harm if the commission man handles it properly; but 

 fruit will spoil at a violent change, even if it has been only chilled. 

 The condition depends on the icing of the car, on the stacking of the 

 boxes, and on the handling at the end of the journey. 



Mr. Anderson (Memphis, Tenn.): For packages of peaches, the 

 best specimens in Michigan are put in one-third-bushel boxes ; the 

 others into one-half and one-bushel baskets. In Georgia they use the 

 six-basket carrier : in Kentucky, the half-bushel basket ; and in 

 Missouri all these are used and another wanted. Growers should find 

 what they want and not change so often. All of these are good. The 

 one-fifth-bushel package is not suitable for long distances. The six- 

 basket carrier holds nearly a bushel, but we have a new package of 

 six baskets holding the same as the four-basket size. Bushel boxes 

 are good for customers ; made with handles they are better for load- 

 ing peaches into the wagons than baskets. The price is seven cents 

 apiece ; bushel baskets are twelve cents. 



F. HoLsiNGER, ( Kansas ) : I choose small trees and get all roots 

 and tops. I took two and one-half and three feet culls from southern 

 nurseries, cultivated for two years, and thinned 300 peaches off one 

 tree three feet high. I have had five crops continuously in Kansas 

 City. 



J. C. Evans : Every market has its choice [ preferred ] package. 

 Oae-third-bushel box is best [ preferred ] in Kansas City, but I deem 

 it poor taste. Chicago takes anything ; Boston wants the twenty- 

 pound box and the finest of peaches in it. It would be well to edu- 

 cate people to expect low grades in one- third bushel, and the best in 

 twenty pound boxes. 



Mr. Gardner : Interior towns prefer one-fifth-bushel baskets. 

 The one-third-bushel box is not known in Iowa. 



Colonel Evans : The one-fifth is good for short distances, filled 

 with sound but ripe ones. 



L. A. Goodman: Three packages [styles] are enough. First, 

 fancy ; second, fair ; and third, for lower grades. 



L. Erb : The third grade should be in bushel boxes, second ih one- 

 third-bushel boxes, and first in six- or four-basket carriers. ['??] 



H. E. MosELEY : Gathering is an important factor. Fruit cannot 

 get on the market right unless correctly gathered. The best arrange- 

 ment for packages is six basket, California or one-third-bushel box, 

 and one-fifth-bushel basket. Put the ripe ones in one-fifth ; the next 

 grade — selected by the superintendent at packing table — goes into 

 the third-bushel box ; and the next grade, greener and of two sizes, goes 

 into carriers. Culls go into half -bushel baskets. Pack near the trees; 

 put up shade in the orchard. Gather by hand and have tables within 



